Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.
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Found in 814 Collections and/or Records:
Outstanding Military Aircraft of World War II, 1961, 1961
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxG
Identifier: 20268021
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: This periodical was published in 1961 by Superscale for readers interested in the history of World War II aviation, including model builders. It was complied and edited by E. [Everett] R. Atkins, Jr. Illustrators include Atkins, Dave Brazelton, Willis Nye, George Cox and Kikuo Hashimoto.This periodical provides in-depth information...
Dates:
Copyright: 1961; Publication: 1961
Overhaul Manual for Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. (R-985) B4 & B5 and Wasp (R-1340 S1H1, S1H2, S3H1, S3H2, S3H1-G, and S1H4 Engines, 1954-02, 1979-10
Item — Box Series 3-001, Folder: 007
Identifier: 20060315
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Overhaul Manual
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)
Document Number: P&W Part No. 123440From the Introduction: “This overhaul manual contains the information required for the major overhaul of Wasp Jr. and Wasp engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., Longueuil, Province of Quebec, J4K 4X9, Canada and the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Division of United Technologies Corporation, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108. It is...
Dates:
Publication: 1954-02; Revised: 1979-10
Packard: Master Motor Builders [Packard Motor Car Company Promotional brochure], Circa 1928
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.019
Identifier: 20170124
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales and marketing (Promotional).
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Authority: Company (Manufacturer).
Scope: Describes Packard's aircraft, airship, armor, auto and marine engines.
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Circa 1928
"Parasite Resistance Variables with Incidence" (Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 2), 1918-07
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.002
Identifier: 20140702
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. I, No. 2 (dated July 1918. This section on pages 140 through 141.Scope: Report by Aeronautical Research Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Wind Tunnel Tests Show Errors in Performance...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-07
Parks College: Legacy of an Aviation Pioneer, 1990, 1990
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 208, Call No.: TL 560.2 .P37 F33 1990
Identifier: 20060304
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Prologue): "Parks College is unique among the world's educational institutions. Its founder, Oliver L. Parks, was one of the pioneer aviators with the vision to see the need to build the College and to nurture it in time of peace and war. He proved to be even more visionary when he gave the school to Saint Louis University, thereby making it part of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1990; Publication: 1990
Patents Vested in the Alien Property Custodian: Reproduced from the Patent Office Official Gazette (Class 244: Aeronautics), 1943-06-08
Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0011.01
Identifier: 20170498
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Government Civil.Scope: Report extract showing Class 244 (Aeronautics) patents held by enemy (or occupied) aliens [i.e. non-U.S. citizens] which were seized at the start of World War II and vested in the Alien Property Custodian for use by U.S. companies for the war effort. This report is a sort of sampler, in which key patent information and descriptions, including...
Dates:
Existence: 1943-06-08
Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings (Volume 2) [1st Edition, 3d Printing], 1991, 1991
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxQ
Identifier: 20268020
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings Volume 2 (dated 1991). This item is from the 3d printing in 1994. Drawn by the "late, great" Paul R. Matt and published as part of the "Aviation Heritage Library Series" by "publishers: Drina Welch Abel and Alan Abel." NB: Aviation Heritage replaced Sunshine House, Inc. as the...
Dates:
Copyright: 1991; Publication: 1991
Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings (Volume I), 1991, 1991
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxP
Identifier: 20268019
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings Volume I (dated 1991). NB: Aviation Heritage replaced Sunshine House, Inc. as the publishers for all of Paul R. Matt's work, which Sunshine House, Inc. had acquired from Matt's estate after his death in August 1987. Alan Abel and Drina Welch Abel are listed as the only two officers for both...
Dates:
Copyright: 1991; Publication: 1991
Perceptions of the Past as a Prologue for the Future (29th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1992 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York), 1992-05-20, 1992
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 174, Call No.: TL 515 .S63 1992
Identifier: 20160008
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 29th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1992 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York by R. Dixon Speas, a consultant "known and respected throughout the aviation industry for his dedication to improving the safety and efficiency of airline operations."Contents (from the Table of Contents, topics include):"General...
Dates:
1992-05-20; Copyright: 1992
"Performance Estimate of Huff-Daland Biplace Training Plane, Equipped with 170 HP A.B.C. Wasp 7 Engine. Estimated by means of "Airplane Performances and Design Charts" as Outlined in Air Service Information Circular (Aviation), Vol II, No 183" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 296), 1921-03-24, 1922-02-15
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.011
Identifier: 20141298
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 296 (dated February 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1594 (dated March 24, 1921).
Scope: Performance report No. 56, prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1921-03-24; Publication: 1922-02-15